naomi e. feldman - Department of Economics, University of Maryland

NAOMI E. FELDMAN
Research Division
naomi.e.feldman@frb.gov
Federal Reserve Board
Washington, DC 20551
(202) 452-3807
http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/naomi-e-feldman.htm
EDUCATION
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., Economics, 2004
M.A., Economics, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Economics, 1995 (Highest Honors)
Minor in French Language and Literature
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Finance, Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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08.11 Economist, Fiscal Analysis Division, Federal Reserve
Board, Washington, DC.
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10.04-08.11
Lecturer (Tenure Track), Department of Economics,
Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva, Israel.
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02.06-06.10
Lecturer (Adjunct), Department of Economics, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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01.08-12.08
Visiting Assistant Professor, Ford School of Public
Policy and Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI.
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07.04-08.04
Project Advisor (Study on international corporate
income taxation), Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Bank of
England, London, UK.
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10.03-08.04
Senior Economist (Antitrust litigation support),
ApplEcon LLC, Ann Arbor, MI.
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08.97-08.98
Research Assistant (Economic Analysis Group), U.S.
Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington DC.
GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
Naomi E. Feldman, CV 1
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Global Development Network Regional Research Competition Grant,
2008, (with Peter Katušcák), $11,275.
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Economic and Social Research Council Small Grant, 2008, (with
Francesca Cornaglia), £80,000. “Wages, Productivity and Marriage: The
Case of Major League Baseball.”
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NBER Economics of National Security Grant, 2005, (with Joel Slemrod).
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Samuel Neaman Institute (Technion), Economics of National Security
Grant, 2005, (with Bradley Ruffle).
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Rackham One-Term Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2003.
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Social Science Research Council Program on Philanthropy and the
Nonprofit Sector Dissertation Fellowship-Alternate, 2003.
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NBER Fellowship for the Study of Nonprofit Institutions, 2002-2003.
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Michael J. Moore Dissertation Research Prize, Department of Economics,
University of Michigan, 2002.
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One-year fellowship, Office of Tax Policy Research, 2001-2002.
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Regent's Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1998-2002.
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Summer Research Assistantship, University of Michigan, 1999.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
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“The Impact of Including, Adding and Subtracting a Tax on Demand,”
2015 (with Bradley Ruffle), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy,
Vol. 7, No 1, 95-118.
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“Crime and Mental Wellbeing,” 2014 (with Francesca Cornaglia and
Andrew Leigh), Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 49, No 1, 110-140.
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“Time is Money: Choosing Between Charitable Activities,” 2010,
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1, 103-130.
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“Mental Accounting Effects of Income Tax Shifting,” 2010, Review of
Economics and Statistics, Vol. 92, No. 1, 70-86.
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“Estimating Tax Noncompliance with Evidence from Unaudited Tax
Returns,” (with Joel Slemrod), 2007, Economic Journal, Vol. 117, No. 518,
327-352.
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“Adoption of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems,” (with David
Cutler and Jill Horwitz), 2005, Health Affairs, Vol. 24, Issue 6, 16541663.
Naomi E. Feldman, CV 2
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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“War and Taxation: When Does Patriotism Overcome the Free-Rider
Impulse?” (with Joel Slemrod) in Isaac Martin, Ajay K. Mehrotra, and
Monica Prasad, eds. The New Fiscal Sociology: Taxation in Comparative
and Historical Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2009), 138-154.
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“The Property Tax in Michigan,” (with Paul Courant and Douglas Drake)
in Charles Ballard, Paul Courant, Douglas Drake, Ronald Fisher, and
Elisabeth Gerber, eds. Michigan at the Millennium (East Lansing, MI:
Michigan State University Press, 2003), 577-602.
o Reviewed in the National Tax Journal, 2005, Vol LVIII, No. 2, 327330.
WORKING PAPERS
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“Taxpayer Confusion over Predictable Tax Liability Changes: Evidence
from the Child Tax Credit” (with Laura Kawano and Peter Katušcák)
Revision requested at American Economic Review.
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“Wages, Productivity and Marriage: The Case of Major League Baseball”
(joint with Francesca Cornaglia) Under Review.
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“Skill Choice and Skill Complementarity in Eighteenth Century England”
(with Karine van der Beek) Under Review.
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“Raising the Stakes: Experimental Evidence on the Endogeneity of
Taxpayer Mistakes” (with Jacob Goldin and Tatiana Homonoff)
OLDER WORKING PAPERS
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“Religious Terrorism: A Cross-Country Analysis” (with Bradley Ruffle),
Working Paper Series: Economics of National Security, Samuel Neaman
Institute (Technion), 2007, No. 8.
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“Tax Credits and Charitable Contributions in Michigan,” (with James R.
Hines Jr.), Office of Tax Policy Research Working Paper No. 2003-7,
October 2003.
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“Can Nonlinear Taxation Cure a Present-Biased Agent?” (with Peter
Katušcák)
WORK in PROGRESS
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“Reevaluating Property Tax Capitalization and Burden: Michigan's
Proposal A”
Naomi E. Feldman, CV 3
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“Hidden Baggage: Air Traveler Responses to Add-On Taxes and Fees”
(joint with Sebastien Bradley)
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and WORKSHOPS
2011-15
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National Tax Association, Santa Fe (2014)
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Tax Systems, Oxford, UK (2014)
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IIPF, Lugano, Switzerland (2014)
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Subnational Government Competition Conference, Knoxville (2014)
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National Tax Association, Tampa (2013)
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AREUEA, Jerusalem, Israel (2013)
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National Tax Association, New Orleans (2012)
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Michigan Tax Invitational (M-TAXI), Ann Arbor, MI (2011)
2004 – 10
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National Tax Association (NTA), Chicago
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Michigan Tax Invitational (M-TAXI), Ann Arbor, MI
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Venice Summer Institute, Workshop on Behavioral Public Economics,
San Servolo (2004 and 2009)
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Behavioral Public Economics Workshop at University of Copenhagen
(2008)
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Netspar Pension Workshop, The Hague (2008)
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NBER, Economics of National Security, Boston (2008)
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Workshop on Behavioral Approaches to Consumption, Credit, and Asset
Allocation, European University Institute, Florence (2007)
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American Economic Association, Boston (2006)
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Toulouse Summer Institute on Economics and Psychology, Russell Sage
Foundation, Toulouse, France (2005)
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Zeuthen Workshop on Behavioral Economics, Copenhagen (2005)
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Midwest Economics Association, Chicago (2004)
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Behavioral Economics Workshop at CEU, Budapest (2004)
POPULAR PRESS
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“Marriage Moneyball,” Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2011.
Naomi E. Feldman, CV 4
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“This Week’s Interesting Economics Research” in The Economist,
November 2, 2011.
“Why Do Married Men Earn More Than Single Guys Doing the Same
Job?” S.L. Mintz, March 10, 2011, www.bnet.com.
BBC Radio 4, “More or Less”—special program on marriage, April 30,
2011.
INVITED SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
2011-15
New Economics School (Moscow), Haifa University, Bar-Ilan Unversity, Federal
Reserve Board, George Mason University, Joint Committee on Taxation, Office
of Tax Analysis, Tulane University, University of California-San Diego,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, Williams
College
2004 – 10
Arizona State University, CERGE-EI, Colegio de México, Florida State
University, ITAM, LSE, MIT, Tel-Aviv University, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Queen Mary- University of London, University of Arizona, University
of Chicago (Harris School), University of Haifa, University of California-San
Diego, University of Miami, University of Michigan
REFEREE
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Journal of Public
Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Journal of Political Economy,
National Science Foundation, Binational Science Foundation
Naomi E. Feldman, CV 5